Origin Plant · Loganiaceae · Simple
Habitat Strychnos ignatia? Strychnos multiflora?-The actual tree from which the so-called "beans" are obtained is not known
ClarkePreparation Tincture and trituration of the seeds.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
200X
Sixth, to 200th potency
Reason for useNash
Remedy of paradoxicalities. Head better lying on painful side, moody, goneness not > by eating, sore throat < by swallowing, thirst during chill, face red during chill, etc. Sad, sighing, changeable, moody disposition. Twitching or spasms, or convulsions from exciting or depressing emotions, fright, etc. All-gone, weak, empty sensation in stomach not > by eating. Anal troubles (piles, prolapsus, soreness and pain after stool, pains shooting up into abdomen). Adapted to emotional, hysterical subjects.
▲ Worse slight touch, smoking, coffee
▼ Better lying on painful side; hard pressure; profuse watery urination
Books*
Antidoted by Pulsatilla Pratensis 5, Arnica Montana 3, Camphora 3 +18
Complementary Natrum Muriaticum
Follows well —
Compare Nux Vomica, Sepia Officinalis, Anacardium Orientale +33
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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